Large-area ZnO/MoS2 heterostructure grown by pulsed laser deposition

A simple and efficient method to grow continuous large-area ZnO/MoS2 heterostructures is demonstrated by pulsed laser deposition. The layer number of MoS2 films is controlled by the number of laser pulses. The MoS2 film acts as a closely lattice-matched buffer layer for the subsequent ZnO growth, which improves the structural and optical quality of the ZnO film. ZnO film and multilayer MoS2 forms a type-II heterostructure, and the band offsets between them are quantitatively determined.